Further Reading
South African MP wrongly claims 70% of informal economy ‘in hands of non-citizens’
In response to the president’s state of the nation address, a member of parliament questioned why most of South Africa’ informal economy is ...
Debating the state of South Africa: did members of parliament get their facts straight?
Was there a 64% drop in gender-based violence in 2020? Will half of grade 1 pupils never make it to their school-leaving exams? We check the...
Chickens and the economy: fact-checking Ramaphosa's #SONA2021
Devoid of the usual pomp and ceremony, and addressing a mostly empty parliament, South African president Cyril Ramaphosa highlighted his gov...
REPORT CARD: South African president Ramaphosa’s claims about the state of the nation
With Cyril Ramaphosa set to give his fifth state of the nation address today, we look back at claims from his previous addresses – and sugge...
South Africa’s state of the nation address: 2016 to 2019 in review
President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to give his 2020 state of the nation address this evening. This report looks back at key claims since 2016 ...